Recipes: Roman-Style Tripe with Mint, Potatoes, and Cacio di Roma Cheese Oxtail Stew with Red Vermouth and Orange Short Ribs with Chianti and Celery Gremolata In February and March, when the Union Square Greenmarket in Manhattan offers shoofly pie, beeswax candles, balls of wool, and potatoes, I take my inspiration not from seasonal produce but [...]
Archive for March, 2002
Slow-Braised Italian Meats for Late Winter Eating
Posted in 2002 on March 10, 2002 | Leave a Comment »
Two American Classics Get a Gentle Reworking
Posted in 2002 on March 5, 2002 | Leave a Comment »
Recipes: Pork Chops with Gently Vinegared Peppers Veal and Yellow Peppers Veal and peppers and pork chops with vinegar peppers were two extremely popular dishes among Italian-Americans during the sixties and seventies, when I was a kid. They have their origins in the cooking of Campania and Calabria, in the South, but variations on them [...]
Using Nutmeg and Lemon Zest to Add Flat or Sharp Notes
Posted in 2002 on March 1, 2002 | Leave a Comment »
Recipe: Whole Baked Fish with a Mellow Marinade You know that feeling, when you’ve cooked a dish, tasted it, and found it good but not great? There’s something flat about it, or there’s a sharp note that isn’t working, or maybe there’s an unintegrated taste that throws the flavor out of balance. In short, it [...]







